People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

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Op 24 februari 1836 kreeg de Amerikaanse uitvinder en zakenman Samuel Colt octrooi op de Colt revolver. Dit wapen maakte het mogelijk om meerdere keren achter elkaar te vuren, zonder dat men steeds ...

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Close to one million examples of Sam Colt’s various percussion revolvers were produced between 1836 and 1873, all of which used the ‘open top’ layout, with the major components being held together by ...

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

A Colt .45 revolver once owned by General George S. Patton sold for $75,000 at auction in Los Angeles Thursday. Profiles in History, which conducted the auction, had expected the working firearm to ...

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Easy to use, reliable, and deadly accurate, the Colt SAA was the weapon of choice on the frontier. Discover the story behind the revolver that helped tame the West. Mary Trump issues warning on ...

Introduced in 1873, the Colt Single Action Army revolver quickly became a defining weapon of the American frontier. Though not the most widely sold, its power, design, and reliability made it iconic.